STAAARTE-MED 1998 summer airborne measurements over the Aegean Sea 2. Aerosol scattering and absorption, and radiative calculations

Journal of Geophysical Research Atmospheres

Volumn 107, Issue 21, 2002, Pages AAC-2-1-AAC-2-14

  Formenti, Paola ^a,f   Boucher, Olivier ^a,b   Reiner, Thomas ^a   Sprung, Detlev ^a   Andreae, Meinrat O ^a   Wendisch, Manfred ^a,c   Wex, Heike ^c   Kindred, Dave ^d   Tzortziou, Maria ^e   Vasaras, Alexandros ^e   Zerefos, Christos ^e  

^a MAX PLANCK INSTITUTE FOR CHEMISTRY   (Germany)

^b Laboratoire d'Optique Atmosphérique CNRS   (France)

^c LEIBNIZ INSTITUTE FOR TROPOSPHERIC RESEARCH   (Germany)

^d MET OFFICE   (United Kingdom)

^e ARISTOTLE UNIVERSITY OF THESSALONIKI   (Greece)

^f UNIVERSITY OF ÉVORA   (Portugal)

Author keywords

Aegean Sea; Aerosols; Direct radiative forcing; Optical properties; Vertical profiles

Indexed keywords

ABSORPTION; AEROSOLS; ATMOSPHERIC HUMIDITY; OPTICAL PROPERTIES; PARAMETER ESTIMATION; PARTICLE SIZE ANALYSIS; RADIATION EFFECTS; RADIOMETERS; SCATTERING; SOLAR RADIATION;

AEROSOL; AIRBORNE SENSING;

EID: 36448934168     PISSN: 01480227     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1029/2001JD001536     Document Type: Article

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